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THE Top Six The month in cricket No.1

Panic on the streets of (north) London • As the English domestic game takes a leap into the unknown, Middlesex risk being left behind, writes Andrew Miller

Team of the Month • Jo Harman picks a side of the month’s standout performers including three members of India’s Champions Trophy-winning side and an emerging star from South Africa

Love in short supply for peerless India • Following their second global trophy in less than a year at last month’s Champions Trophy, returning columnist Mark Ramprakash analyses the reasons behind India’s success and considers why coverage of their triumphs has been tinged with resentment

Buttler was Brown to Morgan’s Blair – he never had a fair hand • Following Jos Buttler’s resignation as white-ball skipper after England’s winless Champions Trophy campaign, Jo Harman unpicks a “curiously hollow” tenure

Money talks and Saudi Arabia won’t take no for an answer • Following reports of a new eight-team, four-times-a-year T20 tournament backed by Saudi Arabia, Lawrence Booth argues it’s a case of when not if the Gulf state exert their influence on cricket

NEWS CYCLE • Are any snacks companies looking for a magazine column to sponsor, asks Ben Gardner

RE:VIEW • There are two big vacancies at the top of English cricket - but who should fill them? We asked three writers to choose who they would like to see replace Heather Knight and Jos Buttler

Greener Futures NO.8 SOAKING UP THE SUN • Next in our series examining how cricket is tackling the climate crisis, Jo Harman speaks to a Staffordshire club who have used solar power to become carbon neutral

Mailbox • Letter of the month receives a copy of Lara: The England Chronicles, signed by the great man himself

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN • Matt Roller opens our 26-page preview of the 2025 county season by considering what the influx of money from the Hundred sale could mean for the future of the English domestic game and whether the old and the new can comfortably co-exist

THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO 2025 • Sam Dalling gives a whistle-stop tour of the moments you won’t want to miss this summer

County Championship PREVIEW • Jo Harman analyses how each of the 18 counties are shaping up ahead of the 2025 campaign

BOWL FAST OR DIE TRYING • Rob Key has been crystal-clear about his desire for genuine pace in England’s Test line-up, but Jo Harman asks if there’s room for more flexibility as Ben Stokes’ side embark on their defining year

THE BOMB SQUAD • The six strapping quicks picked in England Test squads since Key took charge in April 2022

‘Essex have been good to me. They helped me as a coach and as a person. I’m loyal to that’ • After enough years living out of a suitcase, Chris Silverwood, the former England and Sri Lanka coach, is back where it all began, newly installed as Essex’s director of cricket. He tells Phil Walker why it’s the right time to be coming home

LEVELLING UP • With women’s domestic cricket formally aligning with the men’s county structure for the first time this summer, Katya Witney takes a closer look at the transition and the motivation behind the change

The 2025 women’s domestic season

WELCOME TO DAZBALL • A shock appointment as Northamptonshire’s head coach, Darren Lehmann speaks to Sam Dalling about why he took his new role, what he got wrong during his time in charge of Australia, and how a near-fatal heart attack has changed his outlook on the game and life in...